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   sociable

   /ˈsəʊʃəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. willing to talk and engage in activities with other people; friendly: "being a sociable person, Eva loved entertaining"
   • ▪ (of a place, occasion, or activity) characterized by friendliness or social interaction: "a very sociable little village"

   noun

   • 1. an open carriage with facing side seats. historical
   • ▪ a tricycle with two seats side by side.
   • ▪ an S-shaped couch for two people who sit partially facing each other. British
   • 2. an informal social gathering: dated US "a church sociable"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin sociabilis, from sociare ‘unite’, from socius ‘companion’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sociableness noun
   • 2. sociably adverb

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